Residential Tenancies Act 2004
F90[Application of section 20 (frequency with which rent reviews may occur) to rent pressure zones
24C.—(1) Where a tenancy commenced before the relevant date (within the meaning of section 19(7)) or, where an order under section 24A(5) or (6A) applies to the area in which the tenancy is situated, before the date of the coming into operation of that order, and the area in which the tenancy is situated is in a rent pressure zone within the meaning of section 19(7), then—
(a) the first rent review after the relevant date or, where an order is made by the Minister under section 24A(5) or (6A) in respect of the area in which the dwelling is situate, the first rent review after the date of the coming into operation of that order, shall be carried out in accordance with section 20, and
(b) any subsequent rent review shall be carried out as if subsections (4) to (6) of section 20 had not been enacted.
(2) Where a tenancy commences on or after the relevant date (within the meaning of section 19(7)) or, where an order under section 24A(5) or (6A) applies to the area in which the tenancy is situated, on or after the date of the coming into operation of that order, and the area in which the tenancy is situated is in a rent pressure zone within the meaning of section 19(7), then any rent review after that date shall be carried out as if subsections (4) to (6) of section 20 had not been enacted.]
Annotations
Amendments:
F90
Substituted (18.10.2024) by Planning and Development Act 2024 (34/2024), s. 634(e), commenced as per s. 1(4).
Modifications (not altering text):
C32
Application of Part restricted (19.08.2021) by Affordable Housing Act 2021 (25/2021), s. 33(1), S.I. 424 of 2021.
Setting and review of rent in cost rental tenancy
33.(1) Part 3 of the Act of 2004 shall not apply to the payment or setting of rent under a cost rental tenancy.
Editorial Notes:
E94
Previous affecting provision: section inserted (24.12.2016) by Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Act 2016 (17/2016), s. 36, commenced as per s. 1(3)(b); substituted (18.10.2024) as per F-note above.